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    Old 06-12-2013, 06:17 AM
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    The hardest part is figuring out how I want to quilt it what thread ect. This can slow me down a bit. I to like jingle find I have to finish one quilt before starting another.
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    Old 06-12-2013, 06:18 AM
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    Worse than the quilting is the ripping. Unfortunately I had a terrible wrinkle in the middle of my most recent quilt. I have spent the better part of a week ripping. I had to break it up yesterday with fun by cutting and sewing a different quilt. I love quilting as there are so many varied parts to the process, but I hope I don't ever have to go to the ripping part again. Rip, rip.
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    Old 06-12-2013, 06:20 AM
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    Originally Posted by mom-6
    I don't know what my problem is. I love picking out fabrics, I piece blocks happily, putting them together with or without sashing is no problem, adding borders can be fun, sandwiching is ok, but making myself sit down to start the actual quilting is next to impossible. What's wrong with me?
    Not a thing!!! You just like all of the other parts of quilt making a LOT more than you like the actual quilting. There are lots of folks like you out there!! Most of them send the quilt out to the long arm quilter at that stage. You could consider that...though you might be like me, unwilling to pay the cost. Perhaps you should consider a different type of quilting....I have found that I really like doing SID, the others, not so much. Or maybe you want to tie them instead of quilting?

    Or maybe you just need a nice reward...more fabric, for example??? Or chocolate, or good music in the background??
    Or just someone saying "You can do it!!" You can, you know.

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    Old 06-12-2013, 06:34 AM
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    Nothing's wrong with you! Some people just enjoy one aspect of the proses more than another. In my guild we have several people who only make the tops, we also have a lady who only does long arm work, one who works mainly with panels and uses her DM only. to each there own, do what you enjoy doing.
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    Old 06-12-2013, 06:40 AM
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    Glad to know I'm in good company! However I want to get this one done and I just can't seem to move forward on it. At the rate I'm going I guess I might as well just start hand quilting on it.
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    Old 06-12-2013, 07:45 AM
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    that's what's holding me back at the moment. I have some reverse stitching to do.
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    Old 06-12-2013, 09:39 AM
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    I was like that until I got my midarm frame setup. Now I'm *really* happy I have a stockpile of quilt tops to quilt! I just don't like sitdown quilting on my domestic machine, even though I've done it. I ***do*** enjoy moving the machine around on a frame setup. Fun, fun, fun!
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    Old 06-12-2013, 09:44 AM
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    I don't even get that far. I've decided I'm a block maker or maybe a top maker. Can't tell you how many stacks of blocks I have or tops that need borders.
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    Old 06-12-2013, 09:45 AM
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    ​I admit doing the sandwiching is one of my least favourite parts. Everything else I like so I take the good with the bad. If you can afford it, you can turn your tops over to a long armer to finish.
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    Old 06-12-2013, 10:03 AM
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    There's nothing wrong with you. I think many quilters have similar problems with one aspect or another of the process. It seems to me that we all have difficulty "launching" into the part of the process where we have least faith in our skills. I'm guessing your strengths are design and careful piecing. If that's the case, your quilts may not need elaborate quilting to make them shine anyway. I know I spend too much time obsessing over "just the right" design. Don't beat up on yourself though. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. Don't even think like that.
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